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    "id": 1057123,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kasanga",
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        "legal_name": "Sylvia Mueni Kasanga",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I agree that land issues are very emotive. Whenever statements or petitions are referred to our Committee, we prosecute them very well. However, until our recommendations are implemented, then the rubber has not met the road. That means that the citizens who come to us do not receive their actual rights on the issue that they have brought before us to prosecute. When the Committees were reconstituted, we lost some robust Members. I am currently the only female Senator in the Committee and sometimes I get so lonely. We need more women in that Committee. That is the sort of work that women would increase the speed of prosecution if I may say so. We need to find workable solutions to deal with the huge backlog. Let us implement whatever proposals the Members have. If it formation of sub-committees, so be it. That will also mean that the secretariat needs to be empowered. Our secretariat need to be in touch with the issues as some of them are fairly technical. I do not know how the sub-committees would work, but we will be happy to be guided so that we can be on top of things. The time of this 12th Parliament is quickly running out. We only have one and half year to go. It will be good if we can clear the backlog. I ask the leadership of the House to help our Committee get more female Members on board as well as advise us on how to prosecute the pending work faster. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, another challenge that we have in our Committee is lack of sufficient budget. Due to lack of finances, we have to put off numerous county visits and only go once we have grouped like areas together. It is a challenge for us to traverse from one county to another in a short span. We have to lump issues together to make the county visits meaningful. For instance, if we have three or four days to prosecute issues in the Mt. Kenya region, we cannot proceed to a county like Isiolo because we have to set aside a whole day for Isiolo and hopefully hop from one section to another with the aid of a helicopter which is very expensive. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we seek guidance from the House."
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